Toned

Toned
An adjective which describes a coin with toning.
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Paper that is off-white or with a brownish or buffish tinge is called toned paper.

Getönt: (Ger.) toned.
Gewerkschafts Bewegung 60 Jahre: Austria overprint.
Gewöhnlich: (Ger.) common.
GEX: French local, 1944
Gezähnt (Gez.): (Ger.) perforated.
GF: 1: Gold Fields, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74.

One of the most notable and high toned of these newsletter/journal/pricelists can be found by going back to the 1860s, when Englishman Stanley Gibbons began publishing.

Stamps that are not stored properly can have gum that discolors or becomes toned or cracked. These conditions also detract from the value of a stamp.

A stamp may look faded, but that could be just the way all of the issue was printed. The paper may look toned, but that could be just the paper it was printed on. So you have to look at a lot of stamps before you can safely evaluate just one.

Toned - paper not tinted yet clearly not white; usually a pale shade of cream or brown.
Too Late - The handstamp applied to a letter to indicate that it had been posted too late for inclusion in the day's dispatch.

See also: Stamp, Machin, Cover, Margin, Sheet